New VOSpec 5.5 release

[Juan Gonzalez]

Dear IVOA community,

we are pleased to announce the release of VOSpec 5.5 available at:

Applet version:
http://esavo.esac.esa.int/vospec

Webstart version:
http://esavo.esac.esa.int/webstart/VOSpec.jnlp

This new release includes the following mayor features and improvements 
from V5.1:

+ SAMP Integration - 
http://esavo.esac.esa.int/VOSpecManual/interoperability.html
+ Best Fit Algorithm -   
http://esavo.esac.esa.int/VOSpecManual/fitting.html
+ Support to 1-D fits spectrum image - 
http://esavo.esac.esa.int/VOSpecManual/gui.html#open
+ Update of the local file parsers, with use of the NVO SED library 
kindly provided and supported by the NVO Harvard-Smithsonian Center for 
Astrophisics -http://vo.cfa.harvard.edu/soft/)

Furthermore, improvements from version 4 include:

+ Registry interface update to rec 1.01 - New Euro-VO and NVO registries 
usage
+ SSA interface updated to REC 1.04
+ NVO SED library inclusion for SDM 1.0+ compatible spectra
+ Dual spectra selector
        o Reconfigurable tree
        o Sortable table
+ Local Registry
+ Distance metadata calculation

For further information (manual, versioning info, other access 
interfaces) please check the VOSpec webpage:

http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=ESAVO&page=vospec

Enjoy VOSpec.

Cheers,
The ESA-VO Team

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